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Maryland’s Salvadoran community roiled by Abrego Garcia deportation
The Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has roiled Maryland’s Salvadoran population, which is one of the largest immigrant groups in the state.
Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor to close at end of year
Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor in Bowie will close after the 2025 operating season on Nov. 2.
Bond denied for Maryland mother whom ICE detained after shattering her car window
The 52-year-old Westminster woman’s arrest by ICE agents while in her car drew national attention.
Second man deported to El Salvador last month in violation of Maryland court order
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month, according to court records.
Detective who helped label Kilmar Abrego Garcia a gang member had trouble of his own
Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.
Bulls hat, loitering, an unnamed informant: Why feds say Kilmar Abrego Garcia is gang-connected
Reasons why the feds say Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, has ties to the MS-13 gang.
Sen. Van Hollen meets Maryland man held in El Salvador prison after wrongful deportation
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Abrego Garcia’s deportation, and the fight to bring him back, remains an international topic of discussion — dominating news coverage and attracting the interest of political figures.
El Salvador won’t let Sen. Van Hollen visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The vice president of El Salvador denied Sen. Chris Van Hollen a face-to-face visit with a Maryland man wrongly deported last month.
Planned federal bill would require return of improperly deported people, like Maryland father
A New York City congressman announced he will introduce legislation inspired by a Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month.
Salvadoran president: ‘I don’t have the power’ to return wrongly deported Maryland man to US
President Nayib Bukele said he had no way to move the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, out of a prison in El Salvador and back to the United States.
Westminster mother arrested by ICE on viral video slated for deportation hearing
In the video, Berrios’ daughter pleaded for the ICE officers to leave her mother alone, just before one agent shattered the car door window and placed the mother in handcuffs.
Baltimore mayor sees a changed city 10 years after death of Freddie Gray
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott recalls the tragic, police-involved death of Freddie Gray nearly 10 years ago.
Deported Maryland man’s wife, advocates applaud Supreme Court order to bring him home
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.
Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
Bracing for the worst, Maryland’s immigrant families take stock of their lives
Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.
Judge to hold hearing for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
A judge will hear arguments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran resident who the government said was deported after an “administrative error.”
Federal jobs helped build Baltimore’s Black middle class. What happens now?
In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.